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How does the 'vegan but bacon' outlook help people achieve their goals?
26 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: How does the Vegan But Bacon outlook help people achieve their goals?
How does the Vegan But Bacon outlook help people achieve their goals? Thanks for asking. Right, we're nearly halfway through 2026, so let's take a moment to consider how many of our New Year's resolutions we've actually stuck to so far. I don't know about you, but I didn't even bother this year.
I've just failed to keep so many in the past that I didn't want to set myself up for disappointment again. If that sounds familiar, or you tend to abandon your goals at the first slip-up, then you may be interested in learning about the vegan but bacon mindset. The Guardian has called it a reminder that perfectionism isn't always the best way forward. Wait a minute, vegan but bacon?
Aren't those polar opposites? Well, exactly. And that's why it's such an attention-grabbing name. The trend went viral on TikTok in January 2026, after a plant-based content creator called TrailMixLiz posted a picture of herself with a caption reading, "'I'd go vegan but bacon.'" So do it. Go vegan but bacon. At the time of recording it's been liked 380,000 times.
The idea suggests that one could go vegan but keep eating bacon as a kind of cheat food, with that being a better option than making no lifestyle changes at all. Trail Mix Liz also published a similar post called Vegan But Cheese around the same time, showing that bacon isn't the only cheat food option.
And indeed you could have a cheat day of the week rather than a cheat food, like going vegan every day of the week apart from Saturday for example. The idea was then further popularised by Canadian TikToker Addie the Optimist, who said that vegan but bacon can be applied to many aspects of your life, not just diet. Let's listen to what she had to say.
And I'm here to tell you that you can just apply that mentality to so many things in your life. Oh, I really want to go to the gym, but I'm kind of tired and I know I won't be able to give 100%. Okay, go to the gym and give 50%, you know? You don't have to... be imprisoned by your own rules.
You see, the idea is simple. Make changes in your life without aiming for perfection. Instead of setting arbitrary, rigid, all-or-nothing goals, allow yourself some flexibility. Setting more realistic targets and allowing the occasional exception actually makes it easier to stick to your goals over time. And the idea really resonated with those who viewed Addy the Optimist's content.
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Chapter 2: What is the significance of the vegan but bacon mindset in relation to New Year's resolutions?
Comments under her post included the following. Sometimes washing most of the dishes is washing enough. Half-assing is the stepping stone to whole-assing. If you only have 10% to give and you give 10%, you have just given 100%. Are we basically saying it's fine to only do things halfway then?
Well yes, or at least we should recognise that we don't have to take an all-or-nothing approach to things like diet or exercise all the time. Good enough is often better than nothing at all. We live in a culture that values perfection, performance and discipline, but constantly aiming to be flawless can actually backfire.
If we feel like we can't do something perfectly, we can be inclined to not even try. Perfectionism often comes hand in hand with procrastination, the act of unnecessarily putting something off until the last minute or until the deadline has passed. A study published in Personality and Individual Differences in July 2017 looked into the behaviour of more than 300 Canadian undergraduate students.
It found that those with perfectionistic concerns were more likely to feel a subjective sense of falling short of one's own standards and therefore more likely to procrastinate. So the vegan but bacon mindset is really about being a bit kinder to yourself, taking things at your own pace and recognising that small steps still count. There you have it.
Now you know how the Vegan But Bacon outlook helps people achieve their goals. In under three minutes, we answer your questions and help you understand the true meaning behind the trends, concepts and acronyms that are making headlines. Listen along and you will really know for sure.
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